Counterboring or counterfacing tool



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FRANK D. WINKLEY, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

-COUNTERBORING OR COUNTEBFACING TOOL.

Application filed May 29, 1922. Serial No. 564,413.

To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, FRANK D. WINKLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Chicago, in the county of and the State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCounterboring or Counterfacing Tools, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part thereof.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved counte-rboringand counterfacing tool adapted to be readily modilied in respect to thediameter of the centering nipple, so as to operate accurately for itspurpose in conterboring or counterfacing apertured bosses and the like,requiring the accurate centering of the tool with respect to the bore oraperture. It consists in the elements and features of construction shownand described, as indicated in the claims.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is an axial section of a tool embodying thisinvention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the tool stock or body with allseparable parts removed.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a centering terminal and couplerremoved from the tool.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a removable centering terminal havinga smaller centering nipple.

Figure 5 is an end view or face view of of the tool completely assembledfor functioning.

Figure 6 is a section at the line, 6-6, on Figure 1.

Figures 7 and 8 are views similar to Figure 5 showing tools having threeand four cutters respectively.

The tool embodying this invention comprises a stem or body, A, having aterminal flange, A1, longitudinal channels, A2, for seating the cutters,B, and eXteriorly threaded for a nut, D, which is adapted to constitutea stop for the inner or blind end, 10, of the cutters, B. E is a j amnut screwed onto the threaded stem back of the stop nut, D, for securingthe same in adjusted position. The characteristic of the device consistsof the formation of the stem with the Cook` terminal ange, A1, forseating thereona removable centering terminal, C, which is provided witha corresponding flange, C1, and which is slotted as seen at o,coincidentally `with the channels, a, of the stem or body,

A, it being understood that said channels, a, extend as slots at 1.1 inthe terminal flange, A1, of said stem or body, A, which slots,therefore, are to coincide with the slots, c, of the removable flange,01, centering terminal, C. F is a coupling for securing the removableterminal, C, to the stem or' body, A, -which is effected in the obviousmanner of such coupling devices by the engagement of the interiorflange, F1, of the coupler A, behind the flange, 1, of the stem or body,A, and the engagement of the interior thread, f, of the coupler F, withits peripheral thread, o, of the flange, C1, of the terminal, C. It maybe understood that removable centering terminals, C, may be made in setsthe individuals of which vary in respect to the diameter of thecentering nipple, C2, conforming in all other respects to each other andadapted thereby to be interchangeably coupled to the same stem or body,A. And by this means the same tool with a plurality of interchangeableterminals may be readily and instantly adapted for counterboring orcounterfacing about a considerably wide range of apertures diHering indiameter'. And it may be understood that the limits in respect to thediameter of the bore which may be counterfaced by the same tool are, asto minimums, the distance in diametric line between the channels for thecutters at opposite sides of the tool, indicated on Figure 4 by thecircle, and as a maximum, said minimum diameter plus twice the width o-fthe cutter, less a very small amount which the cutter should protrudebeyond the circumference of the boss to avoid possibility of leaving apin.

It may be understood that the two cutters may be clamped together forsimultaneously grinding to insure perfect identity of length at alltimes, and so that their cutting ends will perfectly track in performingtheir work.

Also it will be understood that any desired number of cutters may beemployed, the parts bein provided with the corresponding num er ofgrooves,tools of larger diameter permitting the employment of' a largernumber of cutters, as three or four, as seen in Figures 7 and 8.

l. A oounterboring or counterfacing tool, comprising a member in whichthe cutters are engaged for rotation, consisting of a main bodyconstituting the stern or base of the tool, and a terminal separablefrom said stem or base, said separable terminal having a centeringnipple and a peripheral flange which abuts transaXially on the end ofthe main body, and means engaging said flange and the main body forsecuring the latter and said terminal together.

2. In the construction defined in claim l5 foregoing, the main bodyhaving at the end on which the terminal seats a peripheral flange, themeans of securing the terminal to the main body being a couplerinteriorly flanged for engaging the flange of one of said parts andinteriorly threaded for engaging the flange of the other part.

3. In the construction defined in claim l, foregoing, the Ina-in body orstem being longitudinally channeled for seating the cutters, and theflange of the terminal being slotted co-incidentally with the channelsof the stem or body.

il. A counterboring or counterfacing tool comprising in combination Withan eX- teriorly-threaded and terminally flanged stein longitudinallychanneled for seating a plurality of cutters spaced apart about the axisof said stem; a nut on the threaded part of the stem adapted to form anendwise stop for the inner end of the cutter; a separable terminalcomprising a centering nipple and a peripherally threaded transverseflange at its base adapted to seat on the end flange of the stem, and acoupler interiorly flanged for engaging behind the flange of the stemand interiorly threaded for screwing onto the flange of the centeringterminal.

In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois,this 27 day of May, 1922.

FRANK D. WINKLEY.

